Stacking device



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June 3, 1952 s. A. SCHWENZER STACKING DEVICE Filed Oct. 23. 1948 Patented June 3, 1952 STACKING DEVICE George A. Schwenzer, Cincinnati}. Ohio; assign'orof. one-third to Harry D. .'Gulver,". Bellevue-;.Ky:, and one-third to- Johrr C.) Mcfiarthy; Gincin nati, Ohio Applicationioctoher 2s, 1948;"Serial-N6: same I-Qlaiin. (china-a1.

My invention relates'toimprovements in'stacking devices in which the elements comprising and forming the hopper of the stacking device are adjustable each to the other and together provide a self contained holding fixture.

The object of my invention is to provide a holding fixture in the form of a hopper that is adjustable to variable sizes of sheet materials that will permit the binding of the sheet materials into packages by means of cord or tape while the sheets are in place within the hopper without interference during the tying operation by the elements comprising the hopper.

This and other objects are attained by means illustrated in the drawing and described in the specification forming part of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view looking down into the stacking device.

Figure 2 is a view showing the stacking device in vertical elevation taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is view showing the side elevation of the stacking device.

Figure 4 is a view showing a package of money in perspective.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the specification and the several views in the drawing.

Practice throughout the banking profession requires that money and/or checks in certain quantities must be tied into master packages for handling during storage and shipment. These packages must resist rough handling and remain intact to prevent loss and recount. Since the money and/or checks are very limp it is diflicult to hold them and at the same time tie them into sturdy packages without the aid of some type of a holding device. The device, however, must be so constructed that its working parts will not in any manner interfere with the cord or tape when the money and/or checks are being bound into a package.

To accomplish this I have invented an adjustable self contained stacking device, with a hopper adapted to be arranged for various sizes of sheet materials, to hold them and permit the materials to be wound around by cord or tape while they are held in the hopper of the stacking device and thereby obtain indestructible packages.

There are two right handed standards I and two left handed standards 2 divided into an upper portion 3 and a lower portion 4. The upper portions have sides 5 and 6 that intersect at 1 to form right angled corners for a hopper 8 wherein the materials to be tied;are stacked andbrought into; alignment toform uniform sized packages.

Approximately midway at the standards at 9 are shelves l0 fixed to and extending at right angles from the sides 5 and 6 upon which the sheet' materials rest during the stacking and tying operations. When the standards are assembled as shown in Figure 1 the shelves form a segmented base for the hopper and form an open cross H through which cord or tape can be passed and wound around materials to be packaged. The sides of the hopper are also spaced to provide vertical slots l2 through which cord or tape can pass to wind it around a stack of materials to be packaged while held in the hopper.

The lower portions 4 of the standards are oifset and extend beyond faces 6 of the standards so that a space l3 between each of the sections M of the standards I and 2 will be ample to provide easy passage for an operator's hand while winding. the cord or tape around a stack of sheets held in the hopper. The lower portions act as legs l5 and terminate in a pad [6 which steadies and upon which the entire stacking device is supported.

Integral with and fixed to the legs l5 are bosses I! having holes 3 and I9 therethrough and these holes extend through these bosses at right angles to each other. Slidably mounted in these holes are rods 20 and 2| also at right angles to each other and upon which the standards are slidably mounted to vary the size of the hopper. There are tapped holes 22 and 23 in the bosses for wing headed set screws 24 which hold the standards in fixed relation to one and the other on the rods after adjusting the hopper to a certain size for money, checks or sheets.

To operate and tie a package the material is placed in the hopper and the sheets, money or checks will align themselves one on top of the other by reason of the gaging efiect of the sides and ends of the hopper. Cord or tape is then laid down on the top of the stack and passes through the end or side vertical slots and also through one of the arms of the open cross. The hands are passed through the spaces provided between the legs a half knot is formed and the cord or tape is then brought upward at right angles to the previous passage and drawn on until the sheets, money or checks are compressed together. The cord or tape during this operation is in the other arm of the open cross and the other vertical slot opposite to the one used previously and the cord or tape is then knotted to prevent the package of sheets, money or checks from expanding or puffing. It will occur to any one using my device that a double wrapping and winding of the cord or tape can also be accomplished and I have merely described a single wrapping for simplicity.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

A stacking and bundle tying device, comprising a pluralit of spaced upright standards having upper and lower extremities offset in relation each to the other to provide greater space between said lower extremities of said standards than the space between the upper extremities, segmented shelf means intermediate said upper and lower extremities secured to and adjacent said standards between their extremities, a plurality of rods disposed at right angles each to the other slidably mounted in and adjacent said lower extremities of said standards to provide hand hole space between said rods and said shelf means and means for securing said standards and rods to each other to position the shelf means 4 in spaced relation each to the other to provide open channels between said shelf means to permit overwrapping laterally and longitudinally of a, bundle supported on said shelf without interference by any of the elements comprising the stacking and bundling device.

GEORGE A. SCHWENZER.

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